Mamelodi Sundowns continue their unbeaten streak in the Betway Premiership this season following a 2-1 victory against Lamontville Golden Arrows on Sunday afternoon at the King Zwelithini Stadium. It was the heroics of Siyanda Ndlovu and Teboho Mokoena that won the game for the Brazilians.
Early attack from the visitors was witnessed when Marcelo Allende tried to set up Ndlovu on the right hand side but the goalkeeper intercepted the effort. An error from Masandawana almost cost them when Arrows triggered a shot on the sixth minute. Failing to clear danger, all was left to Ronwen Williams who dived to make a save.
14 minutes in, Siyanda Ndlovu’s exceptional finish opened the scoring for Bafana Ba Style. After a rotation of the ball in the final third, Tashreeq Matthews sent the ball across goal to find Ndlovu who found the farpost.
On the 26th minute, the Arrows keeper tried to clear the ball from danger but Cassius Mailula intercepted the ball, handing it to Matthews. Matthews’ effort to double the advantage, however, missed the target by a few inches. Three minutes later, Williams made a pass from the other half that found Matthews. The forward had a great scoring chance but was smacked away by the keeper.
On the opposite side of the field, two big efforts came for the hosts but were both caught by Williams.
On the brink of half time, Abafana Bes’thende, from the left side, almost levelled matters but were denied twice by Williams. This saw the visitors heading to the interval with a goal lead. Arrows looked to make an immediate impact in the second half but their first effort went wide.
Brayan Leon’s single sprint almost found the back of the net but the keeper came off his mark to make a save on the 50th minute. Five minutes later his effort from the left flank, again was cleared.
It took 76 minutes for a second goal to be witnessed at the King Zwelithini Stadium and it came from Arrows who levelled matters. Two minutes later, Mokoena was unlucky to not snatch back the lead for Downs when his shot slightly missed the target.
On the stroke of full-time, Mokoena’s effort to snatch back the lead for Downs was successful when he fired an impressive strike taken on the edge of the box.
Substitute, Iqraam Rayners almost extended the advantage when he looked to find the tongue of the net but was denied by the crossbar. The Brazilians tried to get more goals but they couldn’t and settled for the 2-1 victory that gave them the three points they went to KwaZulu-Natal for.
